Handle With Care

Diversity
on the Ballot
Community reacts to midterm election results
Simran Agarwal, Yumna Ali-Khan
The midterm elections concluded
in November with many no-
including Florida’s Representative-
Massachusetts’ Governor-elect Maura
voted into Massachusetts’s guberna-
-
However even with shifts in power
of underrepresentation as Congress
remains dominated by historically
is necessary yet is discouraged as many
voters are unaware of their district’s
“We know who’s running for gov-
though I believe that they] have a much
larger amount of control than the fed-
only approximately 39 percent of citizens
knew their district representatives
centage
of people aware of their local
sees in creating diversity within local
who emphasizes the importance of
not only being aware of politics on all
-
voters have more knowledge on who
an impact on the direction of election
“[Government teachers have] really
tried to push this idea that every single
less towards the president than it does
towards these other [state senators and
reps] who are going to directly impact
Gutierrez and Han both emphasize
the importance of holding citizens accountable
for their votes to see the diverse
representation necessary within
for increased diversity within govern-
her feelings of being underrepresented
but not wanting to be actively involved
moved multiple times between India
“If you want
your voices heard,
then you should
vote because It’s
your life.”
Edward HaN ’24
DEBATE and MODEL
UN MEMBER
her mental health during election time
-
“Youth can often get targeted with
ist
because that could happen [in any
my shoulder to make sure there aren’t
people who absolutely despise my
potential reversal of laws and prece-
that the uptick in political participation
from minority demographics can help
to bridge the gap between constituents
and their lack of representation within
[and other minority groups] represent-
that happen on both sides of the aisle
to continue to build that diversity
[in Congress] and really mirror what
to see a continued increase in diversity
lights
the importance of civic engage-
through voting is necessary to see the
alize
that it helps determine what the
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